Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Wang Mao 王茂

Attested AD 501 - AD 515

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Mao was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 501 to AD 515 梁興功臣之世
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 9, passages 205, 208

Family

Kinship Role generations of generals · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 205

Assessments and attributes

Assessment from a general's house; with Liang's rise matched Fang and Shao and held provincial commands until death as supreme general · Mode named-source-report Speaker Yao Cha (姚察)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passages 205-206, 208

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 9Volume 9: Wang Mao; Cao Jingzong; Liu Qingyuan · 2 passages

陳吏部尚書姚察曰：王茂、曹景宗、柳慶遠雖世爲將家，然未顯奇節。 The Chen Minister of the Secretariat Yao Cha said: Wang Mao, Cao Jingzong, and Liu Qingyuan came from generations of generals yet had not yet shown extraordinary deeds.

茂等迭據方岳，位終上將，君臣之際，邁於前代矣。 Mao and the others in turn held provincial commands and died as supreme generals; the bond between throne and minister outdid earlier times.